Birthday special: 50 unknown facts about Shah Rukh Khan

New Delhi: He’s a perfect husband, a loving father, a caring brother and “King of hearts” Shah Rukh Khan. A middle class guy who followed his dreams is now ruling the glamour world with his talent. Shah Rukh is such an inspiration for all of us. Today, as Shah Rukh is celebrating his 50th birthday, we bring you some of his unknown facts that will help you know the superstar more closely.

26. Shah Rukh has a great fetish for numerology. All of his cars have the registered number 555 as he is very superstitious about it and believes it brings him good luck. Even his personal email id contains the number 555.

27. Shah Rukh has been named Rahul in nine of his movies and Raj in six movies.

28. Shah Rukh Khan has a luxurious bungalow 'Mannat' and one of the reason he bought it because he wanted to have an exclusive prayer room.

29. Shah Rukh Khan was the first celebrity to enter the world of advertising for the consumer goods.

30. Shah Rukh earned fame by doing a negative role in Darr and apart from that he has done negative roles in six films including his upcoming movie 'Raees'.

31. Shah Rukh Khan loves chicken and he includes chicken in all his meals.

32. Shah Rukh Khan is a fitness freak. The actor's trainer, Prashan Sawant, describes him as a solid sportsman who happily trains even at 2 am.

33. Shah Rukh makes sure his sleeping pyjamas are freshly-ironed every night because he believes that "one never knows who may meet in dreams."

34. One thing that the superstar doesn’t like is being clicked while eating.

35. Like other people, he is also fond of BMW cars and owns a series of them including the latest models.

38. Shah Rukh is a very avid reader, and can be found reading more than four to five books at a time.

39. Shah Rukh Khan is one of the actors who has won the maximum number of awards in which he holds 14 Filmfare awards.

40. Shah Rukh is very possessive about his lady love, Gauri, whom he lovingly calls Gaurima. During their courtship period, SRK picked up a quarrel with Gauri which made her loose her temper and she flew off to Bombay without informing Shah Rukh.

41. Actor Juhi Chawla is not only a partner of his production house, but also a co-star with whom he has acted in the maximum number of films. Shah Rukh and Juhi have worked in 11 films.

42. Actor-producer Vivek Vaswani is known as SRK's mentor in Bollywood. During his struggling days, Shah Rukh had no place to stay in Mumbai so he lived with Vivek, who later helped him meet industry people and get into Yash Chopra’s camp.

43. Shah Rukh Khan celebrates Diwali and Christmas along with Eid every year. He even has a Christmas tree at home and among all the festivals, Shah Rukh’s kids love Christmas the most.

44. SRK taught both his kids Suhana and Aryan to admire the co-existence of Ganpati and Allah. They have been taught so brilliantly that when Shah Rukh was having a critical neck surgery, Aryan went to the temple and offered an Islamic prayer so that his father could get well soon.

45. Recently, Shah Rukh Khan also received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University Chancellor HRH The Princess Royal in Edinburgh. He is the first Indian actor to achieve that.

46. He is superb in marketing skills and he personally sits with his team when it comes to promoting a movie.

47. As a philanthropist, Shah Rukh Khan is deeply associated with charity. He adopted five villages in the year 2009 and 12 villages in 2012. He has held concerts to raise money for those affected by earthquakes.

48. Shah Rukh Khan's every car is tint free, according to him he works too hard to not be visible.

49. Shah Rukh Khan is one of the richest actors in the world.

50. Shah Rukh is currently working on a writing project, one that includes his own autobiography.